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Ping on NBN

Ping to www.fearby.com on NBN, this looks good, I was getting 29ms/49ms on ADSL 2.

Upload WordPress install to a server on NBN

Upload of a small 9,551,485 byte file (Latest WordPress) to www.fearby.com on ADSL 2 via SCP on NBN

Note: This took 6 seconds to upload 9mb (it used to take up to 1 minute and 53 sec on ADSL 2)

Traceroute to google.com.au on NBN

traceroute failed.

This is weird?

Troubleshooting

I disabled the outgoing firewall (SSH, SCP was now working but why not PING and traceroute)? I will configure the outgoing firewall another day.

I did leave flood protection, SYN flood and ARP attack protection on.

Wifi Congestion

No WiFi congestion near me.

Speedtest Benchmark

Let’s see the benchmark numbers.

Conclusion

I am very happy with the NBN speeds, the only issue I had was lack of answers and information from the NBN wholesalers.

• 5.8x faster Download speed
• 21.7 times faster Uploads
• 1/4 faster ping (based on manual pings)

I am happy.

Questions for TPG

• Q1) Who handles router firmware updates (to fix OpenSSL and other issues) while on contract?

Pros (so far)

• As advertised speeds 🙂
• 5.8x faster Download speed.
• 21.7 times faster Uploads.
• 1/4 faster ping (based on manual pings).
• 6 seconds to upload WordPress on an NBN compared to 1 minute 54 seconds on ADSL 2 = awesome.
• Editing this blog seems way faster.
• TPG: TPG Social Media team is awesome.
• Higher Upload Speeds (I am after faster upload over download)
• NBN Co called my landline and asked how our NBN connection experience went (for research purposes), I pointed them to this blog.
• The Pillar technician said the signal at the FTTN Node is not turned all the way up yet so the FTTN has room to move later when people in the neighbourhood connect.

Cons (so far)

• TPG: No Static IP on TPG Residential NBN plans like TPG ADSL Residential Plans.  I have to register my public IP with private servers I manage every 4 days it seems (first I had a few external IP’s then 120.88.x.x then 14.201.x.x). It’s a pain configuring remote server firewalls when the IP changes.
• TPG: 2-4 day wait for payment before the 2-30 day upgrade happens.  TPG should mention 4-30 days installation. How does it take 4 days (2 business days + 2 weekend days) to verify payment in 2018?  I can run payment in seconds with Stripe.
• I had to reset the routes factory settings when WiFi stopped allowing new devies and some connected devices form using WiFi.
• TPG: New router has a 2A power supply (router has little vents for cooling compared to my 0.85 amp TPLink ADSL2 router (that had awesome cooling)). Update router has been stable, no heat issues yet. This was a problem, I had to solve this with an external fan etc.
• NBN: Communication between Retailer and NBN could be better.
• New router WiFi range only has a range of 40m ((but no channel congestion), the old one I had a range of 80m due to external antennae). Update: I was advised by a blog reader that setting a 20Mhz WiFi setting offers better range over a 20/40Mhz wifi range (but I would need to re-enter the password on devices).

I hope this helps someone. Have I missed anything?

Genereal Warning

NBN Door Knockers are out and about saying landlines will be disconnected and in some cases offer an approx $100 installation of an NBN broadband solution. My in-laws were signed up today and they received the following with an on-site installation.

The large carrier (via chat) said we needed to call them to confirm if this is legit or a scam (I was not a registered contact on the inlaws account so kudos to them for refusing to confirm or deny (they did refuse to call the customer the following day)). The said router seemed nice (good cooling vents and cable management, 12v 2Amp power supply) but no details were left from the carrier as to how to manage it like the TPG router.

I would recommend people contact their NBN broadband retailer of choice early and not wait for a salesperson to door knock as they may be motivated by commission.

Update Feb 16th 2018

My Router WiFI stopped working and the router was very hot to touch.  TPG said they can call but I doubt how this can help lower the temperatures. The Router is already in it’s own room, has a large unimpeded space to breathe (3m x 10m x 8m). Intenet googling revealed the router has no heatsink and this router gets quite hot.

No heatsink on the CPU die.

I solved this heat problem with external fans etc.

Update Feb 20th 2018

I had to reset the router as some devices could not talk to WiFi and new devices could not connect to WiFi.

fyi: The router will remember the TPG username and some settings is you use the routers software factory reset (custom firmware)?

fyi: Typical evening speed onn 50/20 connection, pings are lower.

Update 28th Feb 2018

Downloads are much faster. SFTP downloads over port 22 on ADSL 2 were painfully slow before, now I can backup many serves at once. Some of the servers below are very far away (New York and Florida) are naturally slower.

More to come.

 

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